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The Rear Gunner

5.2 26 mins Drama   War   1943
U.S. Army Air Forces   Warner Bros. Pictures  
Director(s): Ray Enright

Documentary-style drama on training of aerial rear gunners in World War II. Private PeeWee Williams, a Kansas farm boy, transforms his home-grown shooting skills into those necessary to an aerial gunner in the tail turret of an American bomber. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

Casts of The Rear Gunner

Burgess Meredith

as Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams

Ronald Reagan

as Lt. Ames

Tom Neal

as Instructor Sargeant

Dane Clark

as Benny

Jonathan Hale

as Commanding Officer

Knox Manning

as Narrator (voice)

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